England the pride of the home nations

[Seathestars]

I'm Welsh, support Everton, but I can't stand the England NT and actively hope they lose in every instance.

I’m English but this is acceptable. I can’t stand some of the English fans, the troublesome ones I mean. They’re starting to sound like RS fans when they meet their match, AKA Russia.

 

[Huyton Layne]

I'm Welsh, support Everton, but I can't stand the England NT and actively hope they lose in every instance.

I'm English, support Everton, but I can't stand the England NT and actively hope they lose in every instance.
I support Ireland, Scotland and Wales when they make tournaments.
Stopped caring about England when I became old enough to realise you don’t make the England team on merit and the set up is poor and corrupt.

 

[Prevenger17]

I hope England end up bottom of their group and Jordan Henderson gets mistaken for a spy by the KGB

 

[Prevenger17]

Kopites of Europe

 

[BigBlueConk]

The rest of the world has no reason to fear England.
England are pretty average on a good day.
But still better than the other home nations.
Rest in peace British football.

 

[Azzurri]

It always makes me laugh when England fail miserably, but I think it’d be even funnier watching Harry Kane lift the World Cup as captain while Henderson watches on.

COme on England!!!!1!11!!

 

[Tigger]

I think can`t be arsed sums it up really, as they`re just so mind numbingly dull and boring to watch.

Is this the Everton thread?

 

[Toffee in Jandals]

As a New Zealander, I supported England as a kid in the 86 and 90 World Cups. Still have great childhood memories of Lineker in 86 and Gazza in 1990. Then along came the media-fuelled obnoxious "Golden Generation" of the early-to-mid 2000's, and it was about then that it became fun to watch Ingerlund fail when the side was hyped up by the English press for basically no reason at all.

Maybe it's the underdog in me, but I'll always support the Irish, Scots and Welsh before the English. Nothing personal .

 

[Zezti]

Grew up in awe of the star studded early-mid 2000's England team. Now a days its hard to tell the difference between England and Everton, both underachievers with a couple good players that can't gel.

 

[Neiler]

Europe is our home nation.

Best of luck to the foreigners though.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

LOLOLOLOL

New captain Harry Kane says England can win World Cup in Russia

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

I actively want England to fail these days. Mostly to upset the "England til I die" singing Brexit voting uber-mutants.

 

[Caolam]

The thing I can't understand about England is the hype. They are a good European team, not brilliant but certainly in the top 8. Should qualify and provided they don't meet one of the big teams should get through the first knock out game. After that things start to get a bit iffy. However the following get a win against a bog standard team and all of a sudden they are world beaters. Then when they get knocked out they are useless. Truth is somewhere in between, they certainly aren't world beaters but neither are they useless.
Personally I find the way the pundits squirm when they get beat very entertaining, I have nothing against the players but I do love it when the press/pundits build them up and then turn on them.
I can see them getting into last 16 and with the right draw into the quarter finals, really don't think they have enough quality to get beyond that.

 

[Deckard2049]

As a New Zealander, I supported England as a kid in the 86 and 90 World Cups. Still have great childhood memories of Lineker in 86 and Gazza in 1990. Then along came the media-fuelled obnoxious "Golden Generation" of the early-to-mid 2000's, and it was about then that it became fun to watch Ingerlund fail when the side was hyped up by the English press for basically no reason at all.

Maybe it's the underdog in me, but I'll always support the Irish, Scots and Welsh before the English. Nothing personal .

I saw this video today:

I was only four for Euro 96, but when I ask my older relatives about it most of them say it was one of the last times they actually cared about England. I look at that video and can't imagine anyone caring that much about England these days. A whole stadium united in support and actually creating an atmosphere at the national stadium- shocking!

It's quite sad in a way how we (myself included) seem to find more pleasure in watching England fail these days. Iceland in 2016 is the epitome of that. Watching Hodgson act like an idiot in the press conference after was the icing on the cake. Still though, the players and the media throughout the 2000's only have themselves to blame for that. Most of them were impossible to relate to and some of them were just downright detestable (Gerrard and Terry in particular) and the media hype over Beckham throughout that period was insufferable and nauseating.

Not one of them has a bit of the passion Gazza had in 1990 or Pearce in 96- not a fan of him as a pundit but no-one can deny what playing for England meant to him;

 

[WA Toffee]

I have complete indifference and apathy towards England which probably annoys the wums and gammons more than disliking them.
They are no different to Croatia, Switzerland or Uruguay - good teams that are capable of beating the top teams on their day, but not in with a shout of winning the big tournaments